to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
meditation; contemplation
end of work day; end of school term; end of school year
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
school bag; school satchel
absence; disregard; indifference
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
form; shape; figure; visage
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
patient's condition; pathology
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to keep watch; to stand guard
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
in person; personally; directly
appearance; air; condition; state; form
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to fight against; to oppose; to face
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
main cause; primary factor
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...